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just saw this thread. otherwise I would have answered it earlier. We went to almost all free lego builds (lego store, toysrus, and others). I just took a photo of the back of the instruction that lists all the pieces and how the finished product looks. I think I know what it is! it is the Chima set Toysrus gave out the past Saturday.

+1!! (Kidding, kidding, just kidding... ) Seriously, though, I've moderated forums in the past and it can be like herding cats. This is a great site and I appreciate what you all do to keep it that way.

For those interested in a peak behind the curtain, here's an entry from the mod handbook sent to me by Ed and Jeff: Section 4 - Moderator Etiquette The key to being an effective Brickpicker moderator is to take as many hypocritical stances as possible throughout the forums, so that members will focus more on your actions and mistakes than about our most critical mission: assimilation. The goal is to obscure - be the lightning rod to distract members from realizing their minds are being slowly modified to accept commands from the Site Creators. It is your job, as a moderator, to help the assimilation process in any and every way possible. Whatever you do, don't tell Jeff and Ed I leaked this. If they find out, I'm done for. If you don't hear from me in a few days, you'll know what happened...

So much speculation but from a business point of view.. Why would they make more? They have a current rock crawler that would get crushed if they made more. This will drive sales on they're current line. I believe nobody has a legit "source" for any info. It's the Internet come on... I follow my hunch, and it says this set will be gone forever after the 20k.

This is wrong - here is the exact quote from the Lego S@H site (you're welcome to check for yourself - it's bullet point #5 under Product Summary tab):

AND THE WINNERS OF THE 2013 BRICKPICKER BLOG WRITING CONTEST ARE... After reviewing all the articles and blogs that were submitted for the 2013 BrickPicker Blog Writing Contest, Jeff and I came to the conclusion that three members deserved the First Place prize of a $200 LEGO Gift Card(or similarly priced LEGO set)...and they are: Donotinsertinmouth Fcbarcelona101 Quacs There will be no Second or Third place prizes, only two honorable mention prizes of $50 each to Grolim and Comicblast. All 5 members who won a prize wrote at least twice as much as their nearest competitors and their article quality and creativity was excellent. There are still multiple blogs that have to be posted, one in particular, stands out. It is a 50,000+ character collaborative creation by Fcbarcelona101 and Quacs that introduces people to the BrickPicker site. This article will have a special location on the site so all new members can check it out. So, all in all, fantastic job people. It's been a long contest, but I think the results were worth the effort. Don't stop writing them though, remember, you still get copious amounts of BrickPoints to use in the Brickpoints Store for writing blogs and LEGO set reviews. Will the 5 winners please PM me with their addresses and choice of LEGO Gift Cards or similarly priced LEGO sets and we will get those out to you in the next several days. Thanks.. Ed

Quality post.

Libyan Nationalists

I was going to but $25 is no horsing around money. If it was $10, I would have. Then I would have resisted it on eBay as "Lego Death Vader from Lord of the Rings w/ Mr. Ed. complete"

Amazon has 11 left.

I think the question to ask is "are there only going to be 20k total?" I have to imagine that the potential ROI is heavily dependent on the answer. You think LEGO customer service would know?

I do have 6 back to the Future sets thats all i am getting. About buying mostly bigger Sets thats what I been saying, The Tower Bridge, haunted House, Batman Arkham, SW Ewok Village, Tower of Orthanc, I could name more but invest thousands in these sets and you will have made yourself a big bundle of money, Now I don't mean 2 haunted House, 2 Tower Bridges, I mean like 10 or more of each. The more the better, I don't have 50 Tower Bridges yet like Starpod, but I do have 22 of them and 33 haunted Houses and buying more each month along with the others. So a few 4x4 Crawlers is Ok, but buying lots of them I would not do it.

I got 2 but thats it, you are better off buying the LOTR Tower of Orthanc, Haunted Houses, Tower Bridges, Batman Arkham for better investment and big money returns.

I am hoping to get that email soon

I got one at my store just now, even if I have doubts about the long term appreciation. FYI, they would only give me 100 for one of my sealed B-wings, so I said forget it.

Mine craft is simple. They produced it and never expected it to be as popular as it was. So they made more. With this I have a feeling it'll Be just the 20,000 and then it's back to the original crawler if you want one. Or pay a premium for it

He is only found in the 8084 Snowtrooper Battle Pack. (He is an Imperial Officer.) I'm not sure why the faces are different though since they should be the same. Minifigure on Brickset. 8084 Snowtrooper Battle Pack on Brickset.

From here: http://www.lego.com/en-us/technic/technicfan/blog/2013-1hy/exclusive-sneak-preview/ Truly limited edition With only 20,000 available worldwide and with every model featuring an individually numbered license plate, this is a fantastic chance to own something both exclusive and unique!

The difference between this set and the other previous sets is there is still the regular crawler available. It is extremely difficult to say whether or not this will see another run. It's only day 1, and we don't know how big our masses are. I think it is entirely possible that we as investors buy 10-20% of this set, but still that is only 2000-4000 sets. Hardly overwhelming and worthy of another run. I also don't see people clamoring over this set until Christmas time when they start to do some research on different sets.

Congrats guys. Now I am going to read all the great articles you wrote. This may take a while.

Wait a min. Amazon is selling this also. I rather buy from there. Limit is 5. They also have over 999 units in-stock. http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-21103-DeLorean-Machine-Building/dp/B00DQC2FPM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375351363&sr=8-1&keywords=lego+back+to+the+future&tag=brickpickpicker-20

Supposed to be coming out by September in general.

Hey Orc any idea on when these are gonna be released?

Leave it to WhiteFang of Eurobricks to get his hands on these before everyone else and as usual post a great review with plenty of images and the much needed character ratio! Unfortunately, half of my predictions were a little off but at least I did manage on getting some correct at all this time around. In any case, here is the link to the review And the character ratio. Scarecrow - 2 Bavarian Lady - 2 Tiki Warrior - 2 Jazz Musician - 2 Dinner Waitress - 2 Grandma - 2 Barbarian - 4 Evil Mech - 4 Scientist - 4 Gingerbread Man - 4 Holiday Elf - 4 Lady Robot - 4 Yeti - 6 Welder - 6 Mountain Climber - 6 Constable - 6 The minifigures in red are ones I managed to predict correctly from before. Guess I'm getting the hang of Lego and their shenanigans, eh? I had a feeling realistically the Tiki Warrior would have been limited to two due to his large special mask but then why are there six Welders? I know LowestFormOfWit will be pleased. The Yeti is also another "Why?" moment. I should have figured there would only be two Bavarian Ladies as there was just three of the Lederhosen Guy in Series 8. I knew Evil Mech would have a ratio of four since Battle Mech also had four but I guess I was being hopeful. The Barbarian is another I should have figured to have four like the female counterpart, Warrior Woman. did. All in all, guessing half of them correctly is pretty good I think, and the characters look great. So who will you be collecting from this Series? You already know my answer, I'm sure. (Hint: All of them. ) The box ratio of 60 in view.

Bought 1 at 1145. Went back at 12 to get another and locked out. Can't check out at all. Don't forget to add the 4 dollar friends set to get free poly. Double dip!

If you don't have a crawler and wanted one if you can you might want to go to the brick and mortar store tomorrow morning...

Not to thread jack, but Lego Stores did just have a gas grill monthly mini-build. It's actually a pretty neat set.

I ordered 2 in my name with my VIP membership And ordered two in my wife's name with her credit card as a guest, both went through. I guess we will see what happens, I think wanting to build all three ways is a fair complaint if they cancel, I think the limit should have been three

That is a remarkable set, and is exactly what VIP points are made for! - good luck in your quest!

You beat me to it. Thanks for posting the rules...

Brianl3 and justafrog, none of this "common sense" business. You must commit these to memory as there will be a quiz tomorrow. :)

No

Can we get reputation points on our set reviews?

Just stopped at my Lego store...two on the shelves...passed on them both

The Limited Edition Crawler is $60 cheaper than the standard model here

Says the person who started the "end of the golden age". LOL

Windows 8 sucks! That is all.

You can thank Steve Jobs / Apple for the big screen. Just a few years ago the trend was to produce smaller and smaller mobile phones. Apple came along with original iPhone, and boom all the sudden every phone has to be as wide as TI-95 calculators. Btw, ph4tb0i, enough with typing +1 and embrace the new(ish) forum platform :D

What the heck? Has anyone done the math...4 million dollars worth? Did it in my head...didn't seem right..sure enough. 4 million in revenue for just this set issue. They will all be sold...quickly I am betting. At least this might give us an idea to extrapolate how many of each set they print..by watching how fast....or slow...it takes the market to soak up 20k of these. It's not much...since it's a collector's edition and "rare"....and not a popular theme....but it will be a very rarely given data point into how many they print and sell in how much time.

Didn't sound rude at all. I was just correcting your numbers. Very few people can find 79007 at $40. $52-55, sometimes with sales. $58 after credit card bonuses is normal. With that said, your profit numbers are too optimistic. I can tell you you'll get $70-75 after fees ($75 if you have 20% off FVF). I've sold many sets so I know these numbers down to the penny. So, yes if you get it for $40+3 in tax = $43 less $70 is more like $28 at best for a lot of work. BUT....most of us can't find them at $40, so it's kind of irrelevant. Most pay $10-15 more, cutting it down to $13-18 profit for a ton of work shipping out a lot of stuff and multiple trips to the post office. Still profit, and yes, at $40 I'd snap them up too. We all know about PP/eBay fees, but they are far more agressively cutting into total sales lately and that now includes fees on s/****.

You have 4 posts and want to rewrite the forum?

I so wouldn't mind extras of the Mouth of Sauron minfigure. I mean, check out his unmasked head! It's freakin' awesome! Try telling me that does not look like a cenobite from Hellraiser to you. So many possibilities....and "such sights to show you."

Close but not what I meant at all. If you were serious about playing winning poker, would you read Super System 1&2 or would you ask some random joe playing 1/2 no limit at the local casino who rebuys every 20 hands? So unlike others in this thread I am not jealous of folks like emazers and their success in this game. Instead - I seek them out to learn from them and how they have been successful and how they have grown their business. A few weeks ago I had a very nice 1 hr phone call with Ed. Great guy who shares a lot of great info. Yet some newbs call him out and accuse him of not having his inventory. That's what I don't need to read. Get what I mean?

I have no idea who the Minifig is, but it kinda looks like Richard Gere if you squint your eyes...

To answer more directly to the original post: Yes I buy some for investment. No, I can't think of an instance where opening a CMF bag is more valuable than keeping it sealed (using the "smoosh" or gentle caress, you can identify the minifig inside its bag without having to tear it open). The success of flipping a CMF really depends on a few things. The ratio at which each is provided by LEGO (these vary greatly, from 5-6 per 60 to only 1-2 per 60), and the eventual popularity of the minifig (obviously). Identifying the popular minifigs is sometimes the difficult part of making these worth anything as an investment. What becomes a popular fig may not necessarily be what you think is the coolest. Other popular figs are what become "army builders", or figs that would be needed in great quantities to make a scene. A couple notable examples of all of these factors aligning are the Series 2 "Spartan" and the Series 6 "Roman Soldier". Both were fairly uncommon grabs, and made great army builders (for a great 300 MOC, or for a Roman Phalanx, etc). So they were cool, in short supply, and encouraged army building. Bingo. That is why each of these figs commands around $15.00 a pop nowadays. Not bad for a $3.00 or less investment depending on your entry point. Out of series 10, I've found good success with Medusa. She is, in my opinion, the coolest fig out of this line. A great, simple design, and a dual-face for showing a plain look or an angry look. It also helps that she's only found at a 1-2 per 60 ratio. Aside from all of these factors, Series 1 and 2 CMF bags tend to be of higher value, not only because they are the oldest, but they are the lines which saw the lowest production quantities. LEGO wasn't confident (neither were the retailers) in the success of the CMF line, so the first 2 series weren't printed in the kind of batches we see with Series 3 onwards after the line proved a huge success.

Yeah but, do you want to climb over a curb, or drive on flat ground... ...IN STYLE? Yeah that's what I thought.

Sorry gents, going to come in here and change all your hopes and ambitions by saying the next theme should be Zombie Survival. Zombie minifigs. ( Will ALWAYS be popular) Survivor minifigs with reversable heads for after they get infected. Wrecked/Dilapidated buildings (Think what they did with the HH and that fire set with the charred roof, only expanded) Pistols, axes, crowbars, chainsaws, etc. Basically everthing you see in other City sets, avoiding the military weaponry pitfall. Customizable barricades (Tvs, chairs, furniture, wrecked cars, etc) Modular-esque so you can collect them and build a sprawling, linked zombie infested city scene. Possible Zombies vs. Survivors play function or video game tie-in, where purchases can be uploaded or provide characters, etc for the game. Zombies.

Weird story. I'm alone in my house. I was looking at the Amazon VW on my phone. Placed the phone down on my bed with the VW screen pulled up. Jumped in the shower. Just got out of shower to find an order confirmation page for the VW! Bottom line -- my phone doesn't even need me anymore to order Legos!!! Should I be scared????